Incompetence

Incompetence is the inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.

  • Administrative incompetence, dysfunctional administrative behaviors that hinder attainment of organization goals
  • Incompetence (novel), a novel by Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant
  • Incompetence (law), a person not of sound mind or mentally impaired, unable to make decisions for himself or herself
  • Military incompetence, failures of members of the military
  • See also

  • Darwin Awards, a tongue-in-cheek "award" given to people whose incompetence results in their deaths or in some cases, loss of ability to reproduce.
  • Hanlon's razor, an adage: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
  • Peter principle, tendency for a person to rise to his or her level of incompetence
  • Dunning–Kruger effect, the tendency for incompetent people to grossly overestimate their skills
  • Insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer

    Insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer (INEPT) is a signal resolution enhancement method used in NMR spectroscopy which involves the transfer of nuclear spin polarization from spins with large Boltzmann population differences to nuclear spins of interest with low Boltzmann population differences. INEPT uses J-coupling for the polarization transfer in contrast to Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NOE) which arises from dipolar cross-relaxation.

    Background

    The sensitivity of NMR signal detection depends on the gyromagnetic ratio (γ) of the nucleus. In general, the signal intensity produced from a nucleus with a gyromagnetic ratio of γ is proportional to γ3 because the magnetic moment, the Boltzmann populations, and the nuclear precession all increase in proportion to the gyromagnetic ratio γ. For example, the gyromagnetic ratio of 13C is 4 times lower than the proton, so the signal intensity it produced will be 64 times lower than that of a proton. However, noise also increases as the square root of the frequency, the sensitivity therefore becomes roughly proportional to γ5/2. A 13C nucleus would be 32 times less sensitive than a proton, and 15N around 300 times less sensitive. Sensitivity enhancement techniques are therefore desirable when recording an NMR signal from an insensitive nucleus.

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    So Much Between Us

    by: Inept

    Here Im calling your name and its perfectly clear,
    Nobody knows the emptiness, inside thats caused by the distance between,
    Me and my girl, these times pass so fast.
    You, hear the sound, of everyone else around.
    Soon, youll feel the touch of me,
    And it goes like this.
    Youre here right here, yeah youre one of us,
    And I want to know how you feel inside.
    Youre here right here, yeah youre part of us,
    And I want to know, your life.
    Now there is so much between us, its hard to let go.
    Hard to let you know that Ill be leaving,
    For what seems like an eternity,
    Its only been one week, already I cant sleep.
    But you know how, to make a man feel like more than this world.
    And with your smile, you make everything alright.
    You, hear the sound, of everyone else around.
    Soon, youll feel the touch of me,
    And it goes like this.
    Youre here right here, yeah youre one of us,
    And I want to know how you feel inside.
    Youre here right here, yeah youre part of us,
    And I want to know, your life.
    Now I know that this wont last forever,
    Soon Ill be gone, Ill be leaving like I did before,
    Killing myself more
    God there is so much between us.
    Youre here right here, yeah youre one of us,
    And I want to know how you feel inside.
    Youre here right here, yeah youre part of us,




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    MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds ended a 35-inning scoreless streak on Friday night when Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to drive in TJ Friedl in a 3-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers ... 8 to Sept ... 22 to Sept ... ___.
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